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Castles, Palaces & Stately Homes

Kirby Muxloe Castle is an unfinished 15th century fortified manor house begun in 1480 by William Hastings, before his execution in 1483.
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Launceston castle is a Norman motte and bailey earthwork castle raised by Robert, Count of Mortain around 1067.
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Piel Castle is situated on the south-eastern point of Piel Island, and was built to protect the deep water harbour of Barrow-in-Furness.
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A complex of 14th century castle and 16th century barns Westenhanger was once one of the largest houses in Kent.
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St Briavel's Castle is a moated Norman castle noted for its huge Edwardian gatehouse that guards the entrance.
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Conisbrough Castle is a 12th century castle, built by Hamelin Plantagenet, whose ruins are dominated by the 97-foot high keep.
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Chiswick House is a Palladian villa completed in 1729 during the reign of George II and designed by Lord Burlington.
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Lewes Castle is unusual for a motte and bailey construction in that it has two mottes. It is one of only 2 such remaining in the country.
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Norwich Castle is a medieval royal fortification in the city of Norwich which now hosts a museum and art gallery.
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Knaresborough Castle was built by a Norman baron around 1100 on a cliff top above the River Nidd.
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Hedingham Castle is believed to occupy the site of an earlier castle built in the late 11th or early 12th century by a Norman baron.
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Ludgershall Castle is a 12th century fortified royal residence which is now a ruin.
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Bolton Castle, built between 1378 and 1399 by is one of the country's best preserved medieval castles.
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Walden Castle was built in the 12th century in the town of Saffron Walden, by Geoffrey de Mandeville at the start the Anarchy .
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Blickling Hall was owned by Sir John Fastolf of Caister in Norfolk in the 15th Century, and is claimed to be the birthplace of Anne Boleyn.
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Sherborne Old Castle is the ruin of a 12th-century castle in the grounds of Sherborne Tudor mansion.
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Tattershall Castle is a 15th century brick castle.
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Okehampton Castle is a ruined 11th century motte and bailey castle in Devon.
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Nunney Castle was built in the late 14th century by Sir John Delamare on the profits of his involvement in the Hundred Years War.
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Spofforth Castle comprises the ruins of a hall range and is all that remains from a fortified house.
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